About the Author

Robin Schmieder

Robin Schmieder is a student of English, Latin, and Didactics at the Justus Liebig University Giessen. He works as a research assistant to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hallet. His main areas of interest are cognitive narratology, with a special interest in narrative disorders and naturalization, representations of power in early imperial Latin literature, and contemporary North American cinema and music.

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Robin Schmieder

Investigating the Perception of and Interaction with Surveillance Practices

Many of us, upon opening up our laptops to work (or waste time looking at cute cats on the internet), are greeted by the familiar sight of a little piece of tape that we placed on our screens in an effort to cover the webcam. Intended to function as a bulwark between our privacy and the depths of the internet, this little self-defense mechanism is symptomatic of a much deeper problem than the fear of being recorded doing something embarrassing. […]

About On_Culture

On_Culture is an Open Access refereed journal focusing on conceptual and methodological approaches to the study of culture. It publishes original scholarly _Articles and _Essays biannually as well as _Perspectives in a wide range of genres and media formats and on a rolling basis. The journal strives to create a dynamic online knowledge base among scholars and the general public.